Where in the world am I?

Yes you got it, I’m lost again in time and place.
Yes I did manage to leave San Fran in a reasonably civil state (sore bum in all) and had a really great time.
In hindsight though, maybe the locals don’t really know what they are talking about. Jo and I probably should have been a little [...]

Oh Canada!

We left the hostel at 4.10am Monday morning for the short shuttle ride to the San Francisco airport (20 mins). The freeway was six lanes (going one way) in places and I was glad I wasn’t the driver! How Americans cope driving on the right side of the road with six lanes is beyond me.
We [...]

Last day in the Bay Area

The weather turned cold on the last day in the Bay Area. From a sticky 28 degrees Celsius on Friday, we were treated to an icy cold wind on Sunday. We came across a market at the United Nations square, where Pam managed to convince a San Francisco police officer to pose for the camera. [...]

The Streets of San Francisco

We spent half an hour in a queue waiting to catch the cablecar to Fisherman’s Wharf. The wait would have been a lot longer if Pam hadn’t unknowingly jumped the queue! For $11 we purchased a passport for cablecars, trams, buses and train. Turned out to be very good value.
The tram took us up Powell St [...]

20 June again and again

Well we got off to a great start, Cleaned the floors, put out the rubbish then checked bags for the last time before we hit the road. Jo was fine , so too were the bags.
The taxi arrived on time having made a wee detour to Jo’s work to pick up cell phone which was [...]